To brand
καυτηριάζωStrong’s G2743kautēriazō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Kautēriazō is the Greek word usually translated “seared”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;”
Meaning
Usually translated “seared”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- seared 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Timothy 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
καυτηριάζω kautēriazō · to brand
καυστηριάζω (Rec. καυτηρ-, and so usually in Gk. writers, see Soph., Lex., see word) to mark by branding, brand (AV, scar, but see CGT, in l): metaphorically, pass. pf. ptcp., 1Ti.4:2 (cf. καυτήριον, 4Ma.15:22 *).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “brand” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BRAND, noun
- A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct.
- A sword, either from brandishing, or from its glittering brightness; now obsolete, unless in poetry.
- A thunder-bolt.
- A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a criminal, or upon a cask; a stigma; any note of infamy.
All definitions and other forms of “brand”
BRAND, verb transitive
To burn or impress a mark with a hot iron; as, to brand a criminal, by way of punishment; or to brand a cask or any thing else, for the purpose of fixing a mark upon it.
- To fix a mark or character of infamy, in allusion to the branding of criminals; to stigmatize as infamous; as, to brand a vice with infamy.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.